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The last time Morimoto showed any signs of life, as far as we know, was on September 22, 2021.
He reached out to Steve and Julie, the couple we met back in episode one with a text message.
So now, so many years later, all of a sudden gets text messages from him.
He surfaces at 40 minutes after midnight on the 22 September, of course, on a different phone number.
This is Morimoto.
You know, I just changed the phone number.
That's why I couldn't contact you.
See, he had changed his phone.
He surfaces and he's contacting us now.
After being gone, we were shocked that he was trying to contact us.
I mean, when you think about it again, step outside the box.
Desperate people do desperate things, but to them it's almost normal.
Like somehow, some way, possibly in his brain.
Since he's been gone for a couple of years now, he's gotten to a point now where he's underground, facing some sort of crisis, to where he has no other choice now but to surface in order to survive.
Or why would he come out and contact the people that know already what he has been involved with and done in the past?
How did you feel when you got that message?
Mazui is a general word that means this is bad.
You can use it when food tastes bad, when something is awkward, or in this case, when you know you're up against something that could mean trouble.
Basically anything that leaves a bad taste in your mouth.